Upcoming events organised by APRU, it's members, and in association with public
institutions and the private sector.
More than 100 international and local participants from various disciplinary fields convene at the 11th APRU Research Symposium on Multi-Hazards around the Pacific Rim held at the University of the Philippines main campus in Diliman, Quezon City from 7 to 9 October 2015.
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Host: University of Hong Kong (co-organised by the University of Auckland and APRU) 26 - 28 April 2016 Senior university leaders, faculty, researchers and administrators from 19 APRU universities and invited institutions convened at the APRU Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership (APWiL) Policy Round Table on Gender Equity. The Round Table meeting was hosted by the University of Hong…
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The Role of Science and Technology in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Event Report The 12th Multi-Hazards Symposium 2016, held at Kyoto University on 7th and 8th March, focused specifically on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), and aimed to discuss how science and technology advancement in combination with social science can strengthen the disaster risk…
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Delegates of the 2nd APRU Digital Economy Business Offsite Meeting 2016 APRU Digital Economy Business Offsite Report The 2nd APRU Digital Economy Business Offsite took place on April 11 – 12 2016 at the International House of Japan in downtown Tokyo. The event was attended by over 50…
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The 4th APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School, organised by the APRU Multi-Hazards Program and hosted by the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University was held in Sendai from 19 to 22 July 2016. This year’s summer school was titled: “Handing down…
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The 2nd APRU Digital Economy Summer Seminar hosted by Keio University in partnership with APIDE (the Asia Pacific Institute for the Digital Economy) took place this year in downtown Tokyo and Nagano Prefecture from 21st - 26th August 2016. The Seminar was attended by 16 APRU Digital Economy Summer Seminar…
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Over 60 faculty members, researchers, administrators and students from APRU universities and invited institutions across the Asia Pacific came together at the 3rd APRU University Museums Research Symposium, hosted by The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Participants and speakers were warmly welcomed by HKU President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Mathieson, Deputy…
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Enhancing Asia-Pacific Research Collaboration to Solve Global Challenges Around 30 Vice-Presidents for Research, research leaders and administrators from APEC economies gathered on the campus of Tecnológico de Monterrey from 9 to 10 November 2016 for the 2nd APRU Vice Presidents for Research Meeting. The two-day meeting addressed the common challenges facing…
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Making Numbers Matter: Sustaining the Next Generation of Women Academic Leaders On 22 and 23 November, over 20 senior administrators, faculty members, leaders in gender policy development and postgraduate students from APRU universities participated in the Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership (APWiL) 2016 Workshop hosted by the University of the Philippines (UP) in Cebu. This…
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Date: May 19-22, 2017 Host: Nanjing University, China The third annual APRU Vice Presidents for Research Meeting was convened held in the historic city of Nanjing. Themed “Enhancing the Role of Universities in Fueling Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, the 3-day meeting was attended by over 40 research leaders and senior administrators from…
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The 2017 APRU Digital Economy Business Offsite was the third in a series of programs launched in 2015 under the leadership of Keio University and the Asia Pacific Institute for the Digital Economy (APIDE). The Offsite took place at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, from 25-26 May, 2017 with the cooperation of Stanford’s…
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June 25, 2017 @ 8:00 am - June 27, 2017 @ 5:00 pm 21st APRU Annual Presidents’ Meeting and Presidential Retreat – The Future of the Pacific and its Societies Click here to view APM photos. Click here to view program, list of participants and presentations. Click here to view APRU video. Click here to view transcript of the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark’s keynote address. The Future…
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Tohoku University hosted the 2017 APRU-IRIDeS Multi-Hazards Summer School in July. The event drew lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and provided a platform for participants to discuss various disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects that have since been implemented. "I think disaster mitigation is…
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The Global Navigation Satellite System Tsunami Early Warning System (GNSS-TEWS) workshop was held in July 25-27, 2017 at Sendai. The past decade has witnessed a terrible loss of life related to large earthquakes and resultant tsunamis in the Indo-Pacific region. New and experimental algorithms based on GNSS data and science now exist to rapidly determine the…
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The 13th APRU Multi-Hazards Research Symposium, entitled ”Innovation and Management of Disaster Risk Reduction,” was held at Peking University on August 28–29th, 2017. The symposium was hosted and organized by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (IRSGIS), School of Earth and Space Sciences and co-chaired by Prof. Yu Liu and Prof.…
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The inaugural APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes (SCL) Conference was hosted by the University of Oregon (UO) at White Stag Building in Portland, Oregon, from September 15-17, 2017. The purpose of this conference, aligning with the goals of APRU SCL, was to provide opportunities for experts from different regions, cultures, and disciplines…
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The 8th APRU Population Aging Conference, Aging and Resilience in the 21st Century, took place on October 11-13, 2017 and was hosted by the Centre for Aging Research & Education at Duke NUS. Over 200 speakers, guest and delegates came together at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore with a focus on defining,…
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The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and University of Sydney co-hosted the 2017 Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership workshop on 1 - 3 November.
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APEC University Leaders Forum Resources: - Forum Report - Universities Can Help Overcome Economic Nationalism, University World News, Yojana Sharma, November 23, 2017 - Universities of the AsiaPacific Prepare to Lead inFourth Industrial Revolution, November 8, 2017 - APEC Education Action Plan - APEC Project DARE The inaugural APEC University Leaders' Forum brought university Presidents to join business leaders and policymakers to tackle critical skills shortage…
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In November 2017, the inaugural World Bosai Forum gathered experts from around the world to further the Sendai Framework. Requested by the UN, the Framework is part of Japan’s commitment to disaster risk reduction (DRR). The World Bosai Forum was held in Sendai, in the Tohoku region—a place with symbolic meaning. The…
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By: Tohoku University, 27 April 2018 The 2nd Workshop on Building Disaster Resistant Universities was held at Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) from April 3-5. The biennial event, which is part of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Multi-Hazard Program, looks to help campuses develop strong leadership in…
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Korea University, Seoul, Korea 17-18 May 2018 Key Thematic Issues: Some Asian economies are aging at unprecedented speed. While there are other economies that remain young, no Asian economies will be safe from risk of growing old before becoming rich. Changes on the technology front are also rapid. New technologies such as robotics and…
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22nd APRU Annual Presidents’ Meeting – Our Digital Future in a Divided World Themed “Our Digital Future in a Divided World”, the 22nd APRU Annual Presidents’ Meeting, held in Taipei from June 24 to 26, 2018, ended on a high note. Led by 27 presidents, over 100 delegates from 37 member universities were…
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Please click here for the photo album of ULP 2018. Please click here for the program of ULP 2018. Report prepared by Office of Global Engagement, The University of Sydney From 9-19 July 2018, the University of Sydney had the pleasure of hosting 48 exceptional participants from 18 APRU member institutions for the APRU Undergraduate Leaders'…
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The 2018 APRU Multi-Hazards Summer School was held at Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) from July 24 - 27, attracting some 30 participants from countries across the Pacific Rim. The annual event draws lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and provides a platform…
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Thirteen selected international students from APRU's member universities participated in a two-week design field school in Indonesia led by HKU faculty staff and local partners, from August 27 to September 9, prior to the commencement of 2018 APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference. The school explored the uncertain landscape complexities, caused by…
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The 2nd meeting of the APRU-Google project, “AI for Everyone: Benefiting from and Building Trust in the Technology,” in collaboration with Keio University and HKUST Big Data Institute (BDI), was concluded on September 1 at HKUST. Co-chaired by AI-experts professors Jiro Kokuryo (Keio) and Toby Walsh (UNSW Sydney), the review of…
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The second APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes 2018 Conference, hosted by The University of Hong Kong (6-9 September 2018), provided a forum for more than 110 researchers, educators, students and practitioners, (representing 44 universities and government / NGO agencies around the Pacific Rim) to explore and develop new understandings and to…
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The University of Hong Kong School of Public Health is going to host the Roundtable Series with Movers and Shakers in Global Health: A Dialogue with Dr. Mellissa Withers on 8 October 2018. Details of the roundtable are as follows: Speaker: Dr Mellissa Withers Associate Professor of Clinical Preventive Medicine, University…
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4th APRU Vice Presidents for Research Meeting Date: October 17-19, 2018 Host: UC San Diego Click here to view the meeting program and bio of speakers Click here to view the photo album. Click here to download the APRU Impact Report 2018. Themed “Solving Problems through Collaborative Research,” the 4th APRU Vice Presidents for…
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14th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium October 21-24 at Australian National University, Australia Risk, Resilience and Reconstruction: Science and Governance for Effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery in Australia and the Asia-Pacific The 14th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium focused on how close association and collaboration between academia and governance on a local, national and regional level can address education,…
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The Department of Social & Preventive Medicine from University of Malaya's Faculty of Medicine was delighted to have co-organized the 12th APRU Global Health Conference on October 28-30 with the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program. Themed “Planetary Health the Next Frontier,” the annual conference was held at the Research…
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Our Ocean, Our Legacy Youth Leadership Summit October 29-30, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia The youth summit is a parallel event to the 'Our Ocean' Conference 2018 co-hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia and Sustainable Ocean Alliance. It will bring together high-level ocean leaders who will…
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"Dementia, Cognition, and Healthy and Productive Aging” The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology December 7-8, 2018, Hong Kong Hosted by the HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies, the 9th Annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities Research Conference on Population Aging took place at HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Studies/ Lo Ka Chung…
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The fourth annual APRU Global Health Case Competition has announced the 2019 finalists. This year's challenge is "Social Networking Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Young People in Urban Environments" In this challenge, teams are asked to develop a hypothetical intervention to increase physical activity rates among young people in an urban…
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Nanjing University hosted the UN Habitat-UN ESCAP-APRU-NJU Sustainable Cities Forum in partnership with APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub, UN Habitat and UN ESCAP on Feb 27 –28. This two-day Forum invited sustainable cities scholars from across the Asia Pacific, bringing together experts from UN-Habitat and UN ESCAP with local and regional…
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The APRU project report, “Transformation of Work in Asia Pacific in the 21st Century,” was released during a media launch at HKUST Business School Central on March 11, 2019. The project research findings would be widely disseminated in a series of five events to take place in various economies of the Asia Pacific. The report highlights challenges and opportunities of…
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), a phenomenon that has emerged only recently, is already creating huge disruptions in the way we work and live. AI innovations, the Internet of Things, and machine learning are expected to improve both our productivity and quality of life. However, the emergence of new technologies tends to have both positive and negative impacts on the…
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Digital automation is one of the most profound changes that the world has been experiencing recently across sectors. It transforms the nature of work and relationship between humans and machines both in the private and public sectors. The transformation of work will unfold both lights and shades over the economy, society, and government. The Institute for Future Government of Yonsei University, in…
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Scholars at Risk, together with our Academic Refuge project* partners, have created a free massive open online course (MOOC) on why academic freedom matters. The course begins 15 April on FutureLearn. Register today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN22tHOV5sc Course Trailer WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT? Scholars and students around the world ask questions; questions about the…
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Sustainable development has called for efficient bioresource utilization, sustainable energy production, effective environmental remediation/management, and advanced material development. Researches and innovations are critical to satisfy these pressing needs. This proposed conference will offer a timely opportunity to stimulate new research activities in technological and managerial advancement. Eminent academic researchers, industrial practitioners, green groups, and governmental departments from different sectors…
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Article prepared by UCLA International Institute Pacific Rim universities and the challenges of migration and diversity Higher education leaders from across the Pacific Rim addressed migration, diversity and climate change at the 23rd APRU Annual Presidents' Meeting. UCLA hosted the 23rd Annual Presidents’ Meeting (APM) of the Association of Pacific…
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The University of California, Davis is hosting a Multi-Hazard Data Science Workshop on June 26-28, 2019. In partnership with the APRU Multi-Hazards Program Hub, this workshop will explore current and future applications of new techniques in data science to the field of multi-hazards research and practice. Experts from multi-interdisciplinary fields such as social science, environmental…
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Applications for the 2019 APRU ULP are officially closed and currently being reviewed. Applicants will be notified in the beginning of April. Host: University of Oregon, Eugene, USA Date: July 1-12, 2019 APRU Undergraduate Leaders’ Program (ULP) 2019 is now open for application. For ULP 2019 “Fresh Approaches to A Gordian Knot:…
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This collaborative project is contributed by six APRU member universities and a partnering institute. In Singapore, experts from National University of Singapore contributed to the penultimate chapter which addresses the preparation for the future workforce in terms of reskilling, retraining and redeploying with the regards to the transformation of the education system. The overall project details policy recommendations regarding future employment in…
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